OUTSTANDING YOUNG FARM FAMILY - Cade and Shelby Easterling of Barbour County were named Sheep & Goat Division winners in the statewide Outstanding Young Farm Family (OYFF) contest organized by the Alabama Farmers Federation. The Easterlings were recognized during the Federation’s Young Farmers Conference Feb. 15 in Muscle Shoals in front of 450 of their peers. The Easterlings farm in Clio. As Sheep & Goat Division winners, they will serve an ex-officio term on the Federation’s State Sheep & Goat Committee. They also received $500 from the Federation. OYFF competitors are farmers ages 18 to 35 years old who earn most of their income from production agriculture and are judged based on farm growth, Federation involvement and community service. The Easterlings won the division following an indepth application and interview process. From left are Federation Executive Director Paul Pinyan, Shelby and Cade Easterling with their daughter, Mary Jo, and Federation Young Farmers Division Director Hunter McBrayer.
